170: Chapter 170 Flying Out of the Solar System

"Did everyone see that?"

Gao Yuan asked.

The scientists below were already stunned.

The flow of time within a localized area could be controlled?

How was this achieved?

"President Gao, what was inside that black box just now?"

"Dark Matter!"

Gao Yuan saw no need to hide it.

"Have you met a Advanced Civilization?"

Wheeler asked him with an eager expression.

Gao Yuan nodded; he had to claim this identity.

Besides, since he could go to the Future World, it was indeed a bit higher in civilization level than the present. Although the difference was limited, calling it a Advanced Civilization wasn't wrong!

Wheeler's breathing grew rapid. "Then your black technologies..."

"They originate from a Advanced Civilization!"

The scientists below began to whisper among themselves.

"I told you, the higher the level of civilization, the more generous they are. Where is this 'Dark Forest Law' nonsense?"

"Indeed, this Advanced Civilization consists of good people!"

"I knew there had to be aliens!"

Gao Yuan looked at these scientists with cold eyes.

"I have to pour cold water on your enthusiasm. The truth of this world is too cruel. Perhaps all the science you've researched before only applies to the Solar System. The Solar System is nothing more than a tiny cage, a testing ground!"

If Gao Yuan had said this fifteen minutes ago, the vast majority of people would have scoffed at him.

But after he demonstrated the miraculous means of controlling the flow of time, things were different.

"President Gao, why do you say that?"

"Don't ask why. I'm just asking you: do you believe it or not?"

"This..."

Did they believe it?

"Earth has too many unsolved mysteries, and the trajectory of human evolution cannot withstand scrutiny. Everyone here is a top physicist, so you naturally understand better than I do that once basic science reaches a certain level, there is a bottleneck. We have now touched that bottleneck. I'll ask you all one thing: with the current level of basic science, do you think humanity has any hope of leaving the Solar System?"

Everyone fell silent.

"Why can the speed of light not be exceeded? Why do micro-physics and macro-physics contradict each other? Is the universe we see the real universe?"

Gao Yuan's questions were no less impactful than a nuclear bomb.

Ever since Einstein proposed that the speed of light could not be exceeded, everyone had accepted it as an iron law. Although many did not understand why, the fact remained so.

"Because all our research successes rely on light and various radiations. Is the speed of light truly insurmountable? I don't know. I only know that when a particle or object exceeds the speed of light, we certainly cannot capture or monitor it! Don't you want to step out of the Solar System and see the true face of the universe?"

The scientists began to sink into deep thought...

With human means, it was indeed impossible to monitor or capture faster-than-light particles or radiation!

Since it couldn't be detected, they could only temporarily assume the speed of light was insurmountable.

"President Gao, tell us, what is a Advanced Civilization like?"

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment. "I don't know much, but I know more than you. The Solar System is just a biological testing ground, and we are all test subjects!"

"Why?"

"Because... oxygen is very rare. According to the universe we've observed, only a tiny number of planets have oxygen, yet no civilization has been detected on those planets! Why is that?"

"Perhaps our path itself has been wrong. We understand life from the perspective of humans, which leads us into a misconception. Have you ever considered that perhaps Advanced Civilizations are anaerobic life forms? That oxygen is actually a forbidden zone for life? Perhaps the way Advanced Civilization beings exist is different from ours... As higher life forms, why would we have weak bodies? Why are we confined to Earth? Why do we need protective suits and oxygen tanks just to leave Earth?"

Gao Yuan raised many questions in succession...

The scientists were all silent.

They didn't know how to answer.

But Gao Yuan's questions had already destroyed their previous worldview.

Wheeler asked, "So you recruited us just to research the truth of the universe?"

"Yes, that's it. But first, we need the capability to leave the Solar System!"

"If we use the Oort Cloud as the boundary, the radius of the Solar System is about one light-year! I've studied your Space Warship. If resources are sufficient, it would take about four hundred years to fly out of the Solar System! Without your Space Warship, using current aircraft from various countries, it might take ten thousand years and still not make it out!"

The other scientists fell silent.

Even four hundred years was out of reach.

The explosion of human technology has only lasted for about a hundred years until now!

Just flying out of the Solar System would take four hundred years!

And that was under the most ideal conditions.

The farthest human spacecraft currently are Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. In over seventy years, they have only reached the Kuiper Belt. Whether they can even fly out of the Kuiper Belt is a question.

The Kuiper Belt is a hollow, disk-shaped region of dense celestial bodies near the ecliptic plane outside Neptune's orbit. At a distance of 40 to 50 astronomical units from the Sun, low-inclination orbits are filled with frozen objects ranging from a few kilometers to over a thousand kilometers in diameter. To fly out of the Solar System, this frozen zone is the first line of defense!

Even if one luckily passes through the Kuiper Belt, it is still unsafe. Beyond the Kuiper Belt lies the vast Heliopause, the boundary where the solar wind from the Sun meets and is stalled by the interstellar medium. It is even larger than the radius from the Sun to the Kuiper Belt, filled with solar wind and high-energy cosmic rays...

If a warship is sturdy enough and carries sufficient energy, it might be able to fly out of here.

But beyond the Heliopause, there is the Oort Cloud! The Oort Cloud is a spherical cloud surrounding the Solar System, filled with many inactive comets. This area is even larger—a thousand times the distance from the Sun to the Kuiper Belt!

Only by flying out of the Oort Cloud can one truly be said to have left the Solar System and entered cosmic space!

Gao Yuan left the scientists some time to think...

Half an hour later, he stood at the front. "Has everyone figured it out? Who is willing to strive with me for humanity to step out of the Solar System?"

The scientists raised their hands one after another.

Gao Yuan was very satisfied seeing this scene.

"I won't force those who are unwilling. I'll send you back to your places of origin right now!"

Place of origin?

Although they were in Muza, the internet was still working.

Everyone knew that except for Xia Country, the entire world was suffering from war and famine!

Going back at this time would most likely mean dying in the near future.

So, absolutely no one moved.

"Very well. Since no one has any objections, I'll start with the main points. But for anyone who wants to leave after this, I'm sorry, I won't allow it..."

Who would want to leave now?

Gao Yuan's words had already piqued their interest. Everyone knew there was something wrong with this world, but even Newton and Einstein had no solutions. Gao Yuan was the only person who had contacted a Advanced Civilization. Was there any better choice for a boss in this world?